Example sentences of "so long [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It just says that we have to make the the call for nominations so long before we put out the selection ballot . |
| 2 | It 's been a long time since you left us , but you 're more than welcome though on your return and do n't be so long before you come again . |
| 3 | I count it a double honour to represent Framlingham this afternoon and to offer you a welcome back , a welcome into our homes which we look forward to seeing you on Saturday and we are so thrilled to think that so many of you have made the journey back to visit us and I echo the sentiments of another speaker , do n't let it be so long before you come again . |
| 4 | That 's with me , seeing that it was so long before it was diagnosed , that 's why my feet and hands are still paralysed . |
| 5 | A wag in the crowd quipped that it is so long since they have been in evidence , police enquiries are being hampered because no one can name or describe them . |
| 6 | And that is n't so long since they 'd seen her |
| 7 | It 's not so long since we learned the link between eating certain ‘ E ’ numbers and the behaviour of highly disruptive children . |
| 8 | It was so long since he 'd wanted someone like this . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't got it , ’ he said , and it was so long since he 'd last spoken that the first words came hoarse and harsh , like the sound of some animal . |
| 10 | It was so long since he had taken an interest in anything . |
| 11 | He says it 's so long since he saw you and the girls that he wo n't know you . |
| 12 | somehow in the drama , even though it 's so long since he passed away . |
| 13 | I think he held the reins back and smiled at the camera ; so long since he did it . |
| 14 | It 's not so long since it was in the United States and er I 'm quite shocked really , but I 'm er I mean Manchester did a terrific job really . |
| 15 | Oh , there are all manner of things I need , it is so long since I went shopping . |
| 16 | It 's so long since I had people to dinner . |
| 17 | I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep . |
| 18 | Not so long since I was in here myself , but I never dreamed Willis had not quite known what to bring , so he 'd decided on a packet of Whiffs . |
| 19 | Eeh , I 'm beginning to think those legs of yours have disappeared , it 's so long since I saw them . |
| 20 | The thing is , it 's been so long since I 've been that I have n't got a clue how much tickets are likely to be . |
| 21 | But it is so long since I went to a party , ’ she whispered . |
| 22 | It 's been so long since I spent oh at least three quarters of a lunch break . |
| 23 | A woman laughed , a carefree tinkling laugh and Emily paused in wonder , it seemed so long since she had felt like laughing . |
| 24 | It was so long since she had been to a party like this . |
| 25 | It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once . |
| 26 | ‘ Goat stinks , ’ said Camille , for it was not so long since she had been frequently taken by Connie to children 's zoos where these creatures — mostly nannies and kids — were considered suitably sized and disposed to mingle briefly with the children of men . |
| 27 | But it had been so long since she 'd talked , really talked to anyone , that now she felt stiff and awkward . |
| 28 | It 's so long since she has seen him . ’ |
| 29 | She wondered how she could ever have thought that she loved him , and why she had stayed with him for so long after she 'd realised that if she ever had , she did not love him now . |
| 30 | ‘ I know you mean well , love , ’ he wrote , ‘ but Maureen and Chris have managed for so long because they have kept it so low key . |